why is a building? why is architecture? why is an architect?

Architecture can be so many things but is Political by nature.

As a creative medium that is subject to being manipulated and shaped by a wide range of factors, every building ultimately stands as a material manifestation of particular ‘Values’.

At its best it can be compassionate and considered - at its worst, corrupted and complicit. It can be a progressive entity or a regressive one. It can work for people, or work against them.

The Paintings, Posters, Photos, Promos and Prose on this site critique the subject of architecture and are therefore defined as a form of Political Art.

The direct immediacy of graphic art, the slogan & the song lyric, are used to interrogate how much Architecture is ‘Part Of The Problem’ or ‘Part Of The Solution’ given the many challenges we’re facing in the C21st.

nunswithgunsdesign produces this work in parallel to practice. It emanates from a moral anxiety and doubt around being an architect.

Its starting point is a dissatisfaction with the role and a questioning of the intentions within the architectural profession, the property and building industry at large, its processes and its end product.

It is also about the difference between Buildings and Architecture. It is about what is contemporary, what has gone before in history and what might be in the future.

The work aims to be succinct, accessible and relevent - to communicate ideas simply, take architecture to the people and to elevate it within the frame of popular culture alongside music, film, fashion, literature, art.

By spotlighting issues and themes, it seeks a route towards a more enlightened & progressive method of practice that can have a greater impact….

….and help Architects & Architecture become more trusted by the public as a positive force for good in everyday life.

It is time for more ethics and less aesthetics!